वर्धन

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Puranic Encyclopaedia

VARDHANA   One of the sons born to Śrī Kṛṣṇa of his wife Mitravindā. [Bhāgavata, Skandha 10] .

हिन्दी (hindi) WN

   See : वृद्धि

प्राचीन चरित्रकोश

वर्धन n.  कृष्ण एवं मित्रविंदा के पुत्रों में से एक [भा. १०.६१.१६] ।
वर्धन II. n.  एक स्कंदपार्षद, जो अश्र्वियों के द्वारा स्कंद को प्रदान किये गये दो पार्षदो में सें एक था । दूसरे पार्षद का नाम नंदन था [म. स. ४४.३४] ।

A dictionary, Marathi and English

   vardhana n S Growing, advancing, thriving, increasing; becoming greater, larger, or more. 2 In medicine. Augmenting the animal heat. See सप्तोप- चार. 3 In comp. That increases or augments. Ex. विषयवर्धन, वीर्यवर्धन, बलवर्धन.

Aryabhushan School Dictionary

 n   वर्धमान
 p   Growing, advancing, thriving.

A Sanskrit English Dictionary

वर्धन  n.  1. n. the act of cutting or cutting off (See नाभि-व्°)
वर्धन  mfn.  mfn. ifc. after a proper N. prob. = ‘town’ ( cf. पुण्ड्र-व्°, and Old Persian वर्दन).
वर्धन  mfn.  2. mf( ई)n. increasing, growing, thriving, [MBh.]
   (often ifc.) causing to increase, strengthening, granting prosperity, [RV.] &c. &c.
   (mostly ifc.) animating, gladdening, exhilarating, [MBh.]; [R.]; [BhP.]
वर्धन  m.  m. a granter of increase, bestower of prosperity, ib.
   a tooth growing over another tooth, [Suśr.]
   (in music) a kind of measure, [Saṃgīt.]
    N. of शिव, [MBh.]
   of one of स्कन्द's attendants, ib.
   of a son of कृष्ण and मित्र-विन्दा, [BhP.]
वर्धन    a &c. See p. 926, col. 1.

The Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary

वर्धन [vardhana] a.  a. [वृध्-णिच् ल्यु ल्युट् वा]
   Increasing, growing.
   Causing to increase, enlarging, magnifying.
-नः   A bestower of prosperity.
   A tooth growing over another tooth.
  N. N. of Śiva.
   नी A broom.
   A bier.
   A water-jar of a particular shape.
   नम् Growing, thriving.
   Growth, increase, prosperity, magnifying, enlargement.
   Elevation.
   Exhilaration (of spirits), animation.
   Educating, rearing.
   Cutting, dividing; as in नाभिवर्धनम्; प्राङ्नाभिवर्धनात् पुंसो जातकर्म विधीयते [Mb.3.18.34;] annihilation; ततो राजन् महानासीत् संग्रामो भूरिवर्धनः [Mb.7.153.44.]
   A means of strengthening. restorative.
   Filling.